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Friday 12 March 2010
Andy Martin runs the Adidas Silverstone half marathon for Malaria No More UK
Countdown for Andy Martin, who is running the Silverstone Half Marathon this weekend for Malaria No More UK! Andy is a long-term supporter of the charity and soon to be setting the pace to raise funds to purchase 100 life saving bednets for families in Ghana. He is drawing close to reaching his target and the team at Malaria No More UK are encouraging last minute donations to spur Andy on his way. You can see Andy talking about why...
Friday 12 March 2010
Ghana Football Association President wins award for his efforts in fighting malaria
Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah launch countdown for companies to contribute two million mosquito nets by the World Cup Final
Accra, Ghana March 11, 2010: The Ghana national football team, the Black Stars, received accolades today, not for their sublime football, but for their skills in scoring against malaria. The President of the Ghana Football Association was awarded the United Against Malaria "Golden Boot" for his exemplary leadership in guiding the Black Stars to become champions in the fight against...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Malaria No More US CEO Scott Case talks Twitter Nets
Last night, Scott Case was featured on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, discussing the Twitter Nets that were distributed in Senegal this past January. The clip is now available online here
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Friday 05 March 2010
Spotlight on UK Aid's malaria work
This week Malaria No More UK was mentioned in International Development questions in the House of Commons. Questions were posed by Andrew Mitchell (Shadow Secretary of State for International Development) and colleagues from the Conservative, Labour and Ulster Unionist Party. Responding, the Rt. Hon...
Monday 01 March 2010
LONDON, 1st March 2010: I’m A Celebrity...Get Me out Of Here! contestants Sam Fox, Jimmy White and Stuart Manning are preparing to skydive to raise funds for bed nets to save lives in Africa for Malaria No More UK.
The recent series of ‘I’m A Celeb’ saw all 13 contestants unite for the first time and support one charity - Malaria No More UK. A number of the celebrities arrived in the jungle via a tandem skydive this has inspired...
Friday 26 February 2010
The Big Multi Faith Tidy Up fundraiser
Dozens of young people volunteered to join The Big Multi Faith Tidy Up on February 25th 2010 and raised close to £1000 for Malaria No More UK through donations from businesses.
The 60 young people, faith leaders and councillors who took part collected 25 bags of rubbish. The tidy up was organised by the Leicester Inter-Faith Youth Hub along with the city council's street wardens team.
After the event, the estimated total raised was £500. One of the organisers of...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
All Parliamentary Party Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases launches it's Sixth Report
Yesterday the All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases launched a new report, The Control of Malaria 2005-15: progress and priorities towards Eradication. The report summarises evidence to the APPG over the past few years and suggests that some of the key issues for the future are:
- filling financing gaps
- tackling drug resistance and
- improving drug supply management to ensure medicines are available for all who need them
You can read the full...
Thursday 18 February 2010
Business fighting malaria in Africa
A new report released by the Global Business Coalition, the World Economic Forum, and the Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA) highlights the powerful role the private sector can play in fighting malaria. We’ve written before about companies such as Armajaro who have invested in malaria prevention interventions to improve their workers’ health. This report, entitled “Business Engagement on Malaria in Africa” identifies challenges and opportunities for such corporations. It includes the encouraging news that 81% of...
Wednesday 03 February 2010
Giant mosquito spotted in Leicester!
I've decided to spend one year of my life as a "Faiths Act Fellow"; one of thirty young people across the world working to mobilise faith communities to help those most in need. My colleague Michael and I have chosen to raise money and awareness to help combat malaria. Nearly one million people a year are dying of this disease, yet there is so much we can do to help. We've been placed in the city of Leicester with the...
Tuesday 02 February 2010
Success in Ghana: A visit to learn about the impact of bed nets in fighting malaria
5 nights, 4 hotels, 3 village visits, and 2 Africa Cup football matches have left 1 team from Malaria No More UK very satisfied with a productive and informative trip to Ghana!
We spent a fantastic week meeting with partners to learn about the history of malaria in Ghana and the recent progress to control this disease. One of our meetings was with Aba Baffoe Wilmot, a representative from the National Malaria Control Programme who described the various programmes...
Monday 01 February 2010
African Leaders Malaria Alliance meet to tackle malaria
Today at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) is holding its first working group meeting. Convened by President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, African Heads of State and Government will work through challenges and highlight progress to date in the effort to protect all people on the African continent at risk from malaria. Leaders plan to share information on key factors involved in developing and executing successful national malaria control campaigns, and will...
Sunday 24 January 2010
Reporting from the ground: A Ghana field trip
It was 29 degrees at 9:40pm on arrival, but twenty three hours into our trip to Ghana the breeze has started and the rain is coming. It will do nothing to dampen the high spirits of the Ghanaians, who we just witnessed beat Angola 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations. A very auspicious start to our trip!
After a day exploring the city we've just finished preparing for our meetings tomorrow with NetsforLife and PMI, a...
Monday 18 January 2010
Win a jungle hat worn by Kim Woodburn, Stuart Manning or Sabrina Washington!
Following the huge success of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! you can enter competitions to win the original jungle hats from contestants Stuart Manning and Sabrina Washington and Kim Woodburn.
Friday 15 January 2010
Today is David Brabham's Celebrity Karting Challenge 2010 in support of Malaria No More UK.
The event, at Autosport International at the NEC, is the only charity event to host the world’s top motorsport personalities, while offering the public the chance to race alongside them. Look out on our twitter and facebook for the latest results!
Click here to read more information on the the Celebrity Karting Challenge on behalf of Malaria No More UK and read more about David Brabham's role as a Special Ambassador here.
Photos
After a successful...
Monday 11 January 2010
Top African Stars unite to tackle malaria
Luanda, ANGOLA: As the country prepares to kick off the African Cup of Nations later this week, partners and supporters of the United Against Malaria campaign joined together in Luanda to launch several Public Service Announcements (PSAs), featuring an array of pan-African football stars, and United Against Malaria’s youth ambassador, Charles Ssali.
United Against Malaria works to leverage the incredible power of football, the world’s most popular sport, to shine a spotlight on the malaria crisis in Africa in...
Wednesday 06 January 2010
Latest news on UKaid funding for bed nets
International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced last week that 14.6 million bed nets have been provided since 2008. According to DFID, this means UKaid has prevented more than 80,000 child deaths since 2008 and is on target to meet the Prime Minister’s pledge to deliver 20 million bednets by the end of 2010 and help prevent 110,000 child deaths. You can read the full statement here.
We are campaigning to make sure all governments keep their promises to deliver...
Friday 18 December 2009
Cocobod Armajaro Traceable Foundation (CATF) provides 50,000 free bed nets to farmers in Ghana
Christmas came early this year for thousands of farmers in Ghana, thanks to a new programme launched by Cocobod Armajaro Traceable Foundation (CATF). The not-for-profit organisation was launched in 2008 to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farming communities in Ghana by reinvesting premiums which cocoa processors and chocolate manufacturers pay to purchase traceable cocoa. CATF has recently embarked on a programme to distribute 50,000 long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito bed nets to farmers in the cocoa-growing areas of Ghana. CATF will...
Tuesday 15 December 2009
World Health Organisation 2009 World Malaria Report launched today
World Heath organisation’s 2009 World Malaria Report documents the international community’s significant success in tackling malaria over the past 10 years. More African households have bed nets and, crucially, more children are now using them. The number of households now protected by Indoor Residue Spraying has increased almost six-fold since 2001. However, the report also makes clear that the international community needs to fully fund the effort to tackle malaria – which means increasing funding by almost three times...
Friday 11 December 2009
Enjoy your eCard from Malaria No More UK!
Play our Mozzy Xmas game and forward to a friend!
Help is at hand...
for all of us who have not yet sent our Christmas cards!Malaria No More UK has created one ready for you to use. We hope you will send it on to your friends, spread a message of hope, engage in some festive mosquito swatting or you could even make a donation – £5 will save two lives.
...
Thursday 03 December 2009
Stephen Webster’s mosquito rings sold out in record time on ASOS.com
Stephen Webster’s limited edition mosquito rings are officially this winter’s hottest accessory after selling out on ASOS in under three hours – a new record for the online fashion store. The rings, as seen on the fingers of Victoria Beckham and Erin O'Connor, are now expected to become lasting collector’s pieces.
Webster, famed for his originality and cutting edge designs was originally commissioned by Malaria Awareness Campaign to create a piece of jewellery to highlight the serious issue of malaria...
Tuesday 01 December 2009
Big Brother Africa Supports United Against Malaria
Hit television programme; "Big Brother Africa Revolution" and African private sector companies are raising funds and awareness for the United Against Malaria campaign.
The contributions are particularly significant, marking the first African private sector donations to the Global Fund. United Against Malaria is a partnership of influential leaders, organisations, and sporting stars who have joined forces ahead of the hosting of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010, to end preventable malaria deaths.
All fundraising associated with United...
Friday 27 November 2009
We are working along with three other pairs of Faiths Act Fellows to encourage creative youth-led initiatives that bring together people from diverse backgrounds to eradicate deaths due to malaria.
One of the most shocking statistics about malaria is that it kills 1 million people every year and most of them are pregnant women and children under the age of five.
As a way of bringing this statistic closer to home and to raise awareness of this issue...
Wednesday 25 November 2009
A country walk to raise funds for Malaria No More UK
This summer my Aunt, Jan Duckett, along with her husband Ian organised a walk for friends and family around their local countryside of Prestwood, Buckinghamshire to raise money for Malaria No More UK.
On the day itself, we all set off on a lovely sunny Sunday morning with various dogs, adults and two young boys and walked for a total of 6.5 miles, with a pub stop after about 4 miles. Each person paid £5 to take part in the...
Friday 20 November 2009
Read all about it here:
Thesun.co.uk, Thursday 12 November
dailyexpress.co.uk, Thursday 12 November
mirror.co.uk, Thursday 12 November
dailystar.co.uk, Friday 13 November
Listen to Sam Fox's support of Malaria No More UK on SunTalk:
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Monday 16 November 2009
Buzz from Stephen Webster mosquito ring continues
Luxury jeweller’s mosquito rings will be back in time for Christmas to raise awareness of malaria among UK travellers and help save lives.
Stephen Webster’s limited edition mosquito rings, which sold out in just 10 hours, are back by popular demand and will go on sale again exclusively on ASOS.com from 1 December.
The rings, as worn on Victoria Beckham, were originally commissioned by the Malaria Awareness Campaign to highlight the serious issue of malaria among UK travellers,...
Thursday 12 November 2009
Malaria No More UK is this year proud to announce it is to be the sole charity associated with ITV’s flagship reality TV series, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, the first time the show will dedicate its support to just one charity.
Malaria is one of the world’s most serious, preventable health crises and threatens half the world’s population with pregnant women and children the most vulnerable. In Africa, malaria kills one child every 30 seconds...
Wednesday 11 November 2009
United Against Malaria launches in New York
United Against Malaria, the international campaign to harness the power of football as a tool to drive support to end malaria, has now formally launched in Africa and the US. United Against Malaria was announced in UK in September and further launches happened this week in Ethiopia and New York.
The campaign United Against Malaria aims to raise global awareness and renew worldwide commitment to ending malaria, as well as to increase the use of prevention tools and malaria treatment...
Thursday 05 November 2009
I have to admit, when my plane touched down in Nairobi on Monday morning I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew I would be attending the largest annual gathering of people dedicated to eliminating malaria, but I wasn’t at all prepared for the breadth and depth of the content, as well as the number of fascinating people I would meet here. After 4 days in Nairobi I can definitely say the flight was worth it. I’ve met with people...
Tuesday 03 November 2009
Malaria No More UK saves lives in Africa with first investment in Botswana
LONDON, 3 November 2009: Malaria No More UK announces its first investment in Africa, also a jointly funded project with Malaria No More in the US.
Malaria kills close to one million people every year, with 91% of deaths taking place in Africa and pregnant women and children being hit first and worst as they are the most vulnerable. Every single death is unnecessary as malaria is a wholly preventable and treatable disease. Malaria No More recognises that blanketing...
Friday 30 October 2009
A lot of people thought I was insane to run the New York City marathon in 2008 two and a half weeks after my wife had given birth to twins. But as an experienced charity fundraiser, I knew that nothing would help more with getting sponsorship for Malaria No More (except perhaps running in a giant mosquito costume). Most people think marathon runners are mad. Most people think people who have young twins deserve enormous sympathy...
Friday 16 October 2009
UK leads fight against malaria in Southern Sudan
Southern Sudan is winning the flight against malaria thanks to the support of UK.
During a visit to the country, International Development Minister, Gareth Thomas, announced today that as a result of UK funding, Southern Sudan is on the verge of ensuring that every household has access to a life saving bed net.
Over the past three years, the UK has provided around £4m to finance a mass malaria bed net distribution campaign - delivering over 6.1 million bed...
Wednesday 14 October 2009
David Brabham, winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours and newly crowned champion of the 2009 American Le Mans Series is announced as a Special Ambassador for Malaria No More UK.
Within his new role, the 44 year-old sportscar racing legend has also confirmed that the charity will be the principal recipient for the 2010 Celebrity Karting Challenge at Autosport International – the world’s largest motorsport show, held at the NEC Birmingham in January.
In 2009, the team...
Friday 09 October 2009
Exciting progress in the fight against malaria
Earlier this year, WHO Director General, Margaret Chan; UN Special Envoy for Malaria, Ray Chambers and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health President, Dr Tachi Yamada travelled to Tanzania and Uganda.
This week, two items were posted that discuss the exciting progress the delegation witnessed in the fight against malaria. You can read them here:
Where Have All the Patients Gone?
Beating Malaria in Tanzania and Uganda. In this ONE.org blog, the delegation wrote: We...
Friday 09 October 2009
Malaria No More UK is encouraging all political parties to have a clear commitment to funding malaria prevention and treatment in their manifestos for the next election.
Last week Brighton and Labour, this week Manchester and the Conservatives. Its been quite a busy fortnight. The plan was to meet as many of the international development and shadow international development ministerial teams that I could. And I'm pleased to say I met everyone!
I talked to Dougals Alexander, Secretary of...
Wednesday 07 October 2009
Win a Stephen Webster mosquito ring!
Competition now closed.
Winner: Charlotte Mulligan from Essex
The Stephen Webster rings on ASOS.com have been a hit! We’ve just one left and you can win it in this exclusive online competition.
Stephen Webster designed the rings to raise awareness of malaria in UK travellers and to raise money for Malaria No More UK. The original white gold ring, set with rubies and diamonds, is expected to fetch at least £15,000 at auction (you can place your bid by emailing...
Tuesday 06 October 2009
Shaun Ahern is taking part in the Snowdonia Marathon for Malaria No More UK
I was inspired to contact Malaria No More UK after hearing Jo Yirrell on the radio one morning explaining how she lost her son, Harry, to malaria. Unlike Harry, who gave away his anti-malarial pills in Ghana, I travelled a lot for business and after years of being in and out of malarial areas, I stupidly thought that it would never ever affect me. I learnt the hard way that this was not true. I contracted a deadly strain of...
Monday 05 October 2009
The Griffiths Family walk 180 miles for malaria
Ten year old Joe Griffiths from Guildford walked an amazing 60 miles this August, raising a fantastic £227 for Malaria No More UK.
Joe walked from Cardigan to St David’s along the Pembrokeshire Coastal path with his brother, Tom, and Dad, Steve. Joe was inspired to raise money for Malaria No More UK by his godmother, a doctor who has worked tirelessly against malaria both in research in this country and in hospitals abroad. She recommended Malaria No More UK...
Friday 25 September 2009
African led Malaria Alliance to be Launched during the General Assembly
African Heads of State unite to ensure United Nations malaria milestones are met.
The inaugural meeting of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, ALMA, will convene September 23, 2009 at the United Nations. ALMA is the first Head of State-level assembly expressly dedicated to ending deaths from the disease. ALMA will provide a high level forum to ensure efficient procurement, distribution, and utilization of malaria control interventions; the sharing of most effective malaria control practices; and ensure that malaria remains high...
Monday 21 September 2009
Victoria Beckham reveals Webster’s mosquito ring
LONDON, 21st September 2009:
Fresh from New York Fashion Week and arriving this morning at Heathrow airport, Victoria Beckham wore Stephen Webster’s latest piece of glam rock jewellery; the mosquito ring. Webster, famed for his originality and exquisite, cutting edge designs created the piece to raise funds for new charity Malaria No More UK and to support the Malaria Awareness Campaign which highlights the issue of malaria among UK travellers.Victoria Beckham said: It’s a fabulous statement piece and I’ve...
Wednesday 09 September 2009
UK charities join forces to kick off United Against Malaria
New global effort announced by Comic Relief, Malaria No More UK and ONE
As the England football team prepare for the match against Croatia, another UK squad is forming. This new combined international effort will tackle a leading killer of children in Africa: malaria.
UK charities Comic Relief, ONE and Malaria No More UK are joining forces for the UK kick-off of ‘United Against Malaria’, a global team of football stars, celebrities, non-governmental organisations, foundations, governments and corporations. This partnership...
Tuesday 01 September 2009
UN’s anti-malaria envoy confident of reaching protection milestone in Africa
The official tasked with spearheading United Nations efforts to tackle malaria says he is confident that the world can achieve Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s goal of providing all sub-Saharan African countries where the disease is endemic with universal access to insecticide-treated bed nets, indoor spraying and treatment by the end of next year.
Ray Chambers, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria, has briefed Mr. Ban on his recent high-level visit to Tanzania and Uganda, where he and UN World Health Organization...
Thursday 20 August 2009
Malaria No More UK receives £580 from Red-Inc
MNM UK is delighted to have received a donation from Red-Inc, specialists in the provision of office supplies and printing. The donation will provide sufficient funds to buy transport and deliver 116 mosquito nets to those in high risk malarial areas in Africa.
Red-Inc offers select clients a quarterly rebate on their spend which is then donated to a charity of their choice. We were delighted to be chosen by one of Red Inc’s clients, Penna, a global HR Consulting...
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Global Health Leaders in Africa to Focus on Progress against Malaria
Leaders from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United Nations Special Envoy on Malaria, and World Health Organization, Travel to Tanzania and Uganda
DAR ES SALAAM, - Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Mr. Ray Chambers, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Malaria, and Dr. Tachi Yamada, President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have begun a visit to Tanzania and Uganda to review the progress that has been made...
Friday 14 August 2009
Giant mosquito let loose in London
Today, Friday 14 August 2009, a giant mosquito was let loose in London to raise awareness about malaria for UK charity Malaria No More UK.
Malaria kills one million people each year threatening half of the world’s population, those most vulnerable are pregnant women and children. In Africa, malaria kills one child every 30 seconds; it kills more children under five than any other single disease.
But malaria is preventable and treatable. One of the most effective means of stopping...
Tuesday 04 August 2009
Youssou N'Dour talks about his support for Malaria No More
West Africa's most influential singer Youssou N'Dour was in the UK last weekend to perform at WOMAD. He took some time out to talk about his support for Malaria No More and how he is using his music to help amplify the fight against malaria in his home country of Senegal.
Watch, listen and read interviews with Youssou:
Channel 4 News (26/07/09), Interview with Krishnan Guru Murthy
Al Jazeera English (31/07/09), Interview on homepage
Financial Times Weekend (01/08/09,...
Friday 24 July 2009
World-famous singer, songwriter and composer Youssou N’Dour will be in the UK this weekend to perform at London’s IndigO2 on Saturday 25 July and at WOMAD in Wiltshire on Sunday 26 July, offering the first chance in over a year to hear him play in the UK together with his band, Super Etoile de Dakar.
A statesman and social commentator, N’Dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history and this year he is using his music and...
Thursday 16 July 2009
Celebs buzzing about world’s first Stephen Webster mosquito ring
International jeweller designs one-off piece to raise awareness of malaria among UK travellers
Luxury British jewellery designer, Stephen Webster, has been commissioned by the Malaria Awareness Campaign to design a one-of-a-kind mosquito ring to highlight the serious issue of malaria among UK travellers, whilst raising funds Malaria No More UK.
With between 1,500 and 2,000 travellers returning to the UK with malaria every year; Webster, whose A-list clients include Kate Moss, Madonna and Christina Aguilera, has put his weight behind...
Monday 13 July 2009
Conservative party pledges £500 million each year until malaria MDGs are met
David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, launched the new Conservative party's green paper on international development today. Standing alongside Andrew Mitchell, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, David Cameron cited malaria as a key issue for the Conservative party moving forward.
The green paper pledges, "As George Osbourne has set out, we will spend as least £500 million per year tackling malaria until the Millennium Development Goal on malaria has been met. We will strongly support efforts -...
Friday 10 July 2009
The G8 Reaffirms its Commitment to Fight Malaria and Other Infectious Diseases
The G8 is conducting its 2009 Summit and in it, reaffirmed its commitment to help the poorest and most vulnerable populations around the world.
The G8 also pledged to meet its prior commitment to provide $100 million dollars to purchase bed nets as well as provide $60 Billion to fight infectious diseases.
The U.N. Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Malaria, Ray Chambers had the following to say:
"At a critical moment in the global campaign against malaria,...
Monday 06 July 2009
UN Special Envoy for Malaria makes statement ahead of the G8
As the G8 leaders meet this week in Italy, the European Alliance Against Malaria has produced a special report documenting the G8's efforts to tackle malaria and the UN Special Envoy has issued a statement ahead of the summit:
"I congratulate the European Alliance Against Malaria for producing this report on the G8's commitments on malaria. As the report documents, the G8 has significantly increased its aid to combat malaria in recent years. I urge G8 leaders when they meet...
Thursday 02 July 2009
UK government pledges another 30 million bed nets from 2010/11
The UK Government has announced they will fund a further 30 million bed nets from 2010/11. This comes on top of the 20 million already pledged for 2008-2010. The announcement was part of a wider package of support for combatting malaria that the current Labour government is likely to include in its white paper that will be published later this month. The white paper sets out future UK government policy on international development and is widely seen as an indication...
Monday 22 June 2009
Andy Murray is on the Leadership Council for Malaria No More UK
This is the first time Murray has publically committed to supporting a charity. He chose Malaria No More UK because of the compelling and simple message: malaria is one of the world’s most deadly health crises but it is also preventable and malaria deaths could truly be stopped forever.
Murray says, “This is the first charity I’ve been involved with in this capacity and it was an easy decision. Malaria is completely preventable and stoppable but yet it still kills...
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Our World: Malaria, a Mother’s Journey now viewable on BBC iPlayer
Jo Yirrell, Special Ambassador for Malaria No More UK is the subject of a BBC documentary which ran last weekend on the BBC News Channel. The 30 minute programme; Our World: Malaria, a Mother’s Journey is now viewable on BBC iPlayer until 21st June 2009. Click here to view the documentary.
Sunday 14 June 2009
Win a tennis ball signed by Andy Murray!
British tennis ace Andy Murray is a big supporter of Malaria No More UK and to mark the start of Wimbledon we're giving away a tennis ball, signed by Murray himself on the day of our launch.
To enter the competition please let us know:
What is Murray's current world ranking? Is it:
a) No.3
b) No.10
c) No.22Competition now closed.
By entering the competition you consent to receiving Malaria No More...
Thursday 11 June 2009
The Department for International Development has committed to distributing 20 million bednets worldwide by 2010 and its funding to the Global Fund will support 74 million malaria treatments. You can see more about Jo in the BBC News Documentary this weekend.
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Friday 05 June 2009
I visited Africa for the first time in April with Malaria No More UK and the BBC to make a documentary about my son Harry.
Harry volunteered in a village school in Ghana three years ago but a few days after he returned from his trip, he died of malaria. The documentary took me back to the place that Harry loved so much. In his memory, I want to make sure that in the near future Ghana...
Friday 29 May 2009
Why David Beckham is such a powerful advocate for tackling malaria
Football and malaria: On the surface, there are no obvious commonalities, yet both affect millions of lives worldwide. Football captivates and connects mass audiences across the globe while malaria is one of the world’s most deadly diseases, threatening half the world’s population and claiming almost a million lives every year. If we are to defeat malaria, we need a global movement to do so and by harnessing football, we can dramatically scale–up our potential audience and impact.
The launch...
Thursday 21 May 2009
Groundbreaking new charity Malaria No More UK has been chosen by Sky as the recipient organisation for the Sky Red Button Campaign during the UEFA Champions League Final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC, shown live on Sky Sports on Wednesday 27th May.
The charity was selected due to its inherent links with sport and particularly football which will play a key role in driving public awareness in the UK that malaria is a preventable and treatable disease and...
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Jo Yirrell reflects on speaking at the Leighton and Linslade Rotary Club
I was invited around the time of the launch of Malaria No More UK to speak at Leighton and Linslade Rotary Club. Of all the things I had done so far as Special Ambassador for the charity, this was quite a daunting prospect as there would be close friends in the audience. I decided not prepare for the evening; but do the talk the way I like best, from the heart with a collection of photos.
Last night was the...
Monday 18 May 2009
Benjie Goodhart recaps on his first 10K run and raising £1500 GBP for MNM UK!
Bognor Regis styles itself as the sunniest place in the UK. It didn’t feel that way as I drove around the town yesterday looking for the car park and start of the Bognor 10k run. Half an hour before the race began I was hopelessly lost, doing 10mph with the windscreen wipers turned up to max, and water sloshing around the wheel axles. The whole running plan suddenly felt like a very, very bad idea.
But the point...
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Benjie Goodhart is running for MNM UK
This Sunday 17th May I'm running the Bognor 10k, and raising money for Malaria No More UK. I will be the first person ever to run for the charity, which is a huge honour. This honour carries with it a commensurate pressure - MNM UK rushed to register with JustGiving.com in time for my race, and I'm going to look a bit of a dingbat if I raise £3.25. I'm counting on my friends and family to save my blushes.
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Tuesday 28 April 2009
Win a football signed by David Beckham, Andy Murray & Denise Lewis!
Win a football signed by David Beckham and Andy Murray! Get your hands on our special Malaria No More UK football, hand stitched in Kenya and signed by Beckham and Murray on the day of our launch on 20th April 2009.
Competition now closed.
By entering the competition you consent to receiving Malaria No More UK's newsletter. We won’t inundate you with junk mail – we’ll only send you information when it’s useful.
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Sunday 26 April 2009
Sarah Brown at Malaria Champions Breakfast
Sarah Brown was a keynote speaker at Malaria Champions Breakfast on 23rd April. She spoke in front of the wives of 15 of Africa's political leaders in Los Angeles about the importance of maternal health in the fight against malaria. Tragically malaria strikes the most vulnerable meaning pregnant women and young children under five run the highest risk of catching malaria. Pregnant women are four times more likely to contract malaria than other adults.
You can find more details on...
Saturday 25 April 2009
Statement by The President on World Malaria Day
The United States stands with our global partners and people around the world to reaffirm our commitment to make the U.S. a leader in ending deaths from malaria by 2015.
This begins with ending malaria as a major public health threat in Africa, where it kills nearly one million people each year, and overwhelms public health systems. It is time to redouble our efforts to rid the world of a disease that does not have to take lives.
Together, we...
Wednesday 22 April 2009
For many, the enduring image of Denise Lewis is of an athlete, stricken by injury, her left ankle strapped, crossing the finish line in Sydney powered by sheer determination, to claim an historic Olympic gold medal. Those of a less sporting bent will know her from Strictly Come Dancing, where her fierce competitive edge took her all the way to the final of the show's second series. Either way, people will know Denise as someone who throws herself, body and...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Two of the UK’s top sporting heroes England international footballer, David Beckham, and Britain’s top tennis player, Andy Murray, took centre stage at Wembley Stadium, to mark the launch of Malaria No More UK – a not-for-profit organisation, committed to ending suffering and death caused by malaria, a preventable disease. The event took place on the same day as their meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at No. 10 Downing Street.
Malaria threatens half of the world’s population and those...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Gordon Brown on the launch of Malaria No More UK
What is the most dangerous creature in the world? You’ll hear that question asked in pub quizzes everywhere. Most people are surprised to hear it’s not a lion or a great white shark, but a simple mosquito. Through the malaria they spread mosquitoes kill almost a million people every year. That’s a city the size of Birmingham simply wiped out.
Only a hundred years ago malaria outbreaks were still common in the UK...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
David Cameron on the launch of Malaria No More UK
By the time you’ve finished reading this article at least one child will have died totally unnecessarily.
Not from war or natural disasters. But from malaria, a cruel disease that kills 2,400 people every day. The child will have died unnecessarily because we have the tools to avoid every malaria death - we’re just not using them.
The launch of Malaria No More UK gives us all an opportunity to redouble our efforts to tackle this problem. That’s...
Monday 20 April 2009
David Beckham, Andy Murray and Denise Lewis back new charity Malaria No More UK
Today, Monday 20 April 2009, three of the UK’s sporting heroes; David Beckham, Andy Murray and Denise Lewis, will visit No. 10 Downing Street to mark the launch of Malaria No More UK – a not-for-profit organisation committed to ending suffering and death caused by malaria.
Malaria is the world’s most serious, preventable health crisis. Malaria threatens half the world’s population and those most vulnerable are pregnant women and children. In Africa, malaria kills one child every 30 seconds; it...
Sunday 19 April 2009
My reflections on trip to Ghana - by Jo Yirrell
It was with some reservation that I boarded the plane to Ghana. Going to the place that Harry, my eldest son, fell in love with before he died from malaria, a preventable disease. I had prepared myself for an emotional journey and it was, but in a very positive way. I returned and found that I had gained a good degree of comfort from my trip...
Friday 17 April 2009
Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to one million followers on the social media platform Twitter at 2:13am EST on Friday, April 17th. To celebrate his triumph over the network giant, Kutcher is sending 10,000 mosquito nets to help Malaria No More fight malaria in Africa. This will help protect 20,000 children from this disease—and raise awareness just in time for World Malaria Day on April 25th!
Early Friday morning as his numbers pulled ahead, Ashton showed off...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Why Britain must lead the fight against malaria - Born survivor... Maxwell Ochieng
From Oliver Harvey
in Kisumu, KenyaWhen little Maxwell Ochieng woke with a burning fever in his family's mud hut, his mother knew something was terribly wrong.
Drenched in sweat, the 11-month-old boy began vomiting again and again.
Recognising the symptoms of deadly malaria, mum Evelyn knew he would die without immediate treatment.
The terrifying scene on the mosquito-infested banks of Lake Victoria, in west Kenya, is repeated MILLIONS of times every year across Africa.
Last night mum-of-three Evelyn,...
Friday 13 March 2009
PM Brown announces 2 million GBP malaria match
PM Gordon Brown announced an additional £2 million to fund work to prevent the spread of malaria and other diseases in Africa, alongside the £1.6 million which has already been raised through sponsorship of the climb of Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief by a team of celebrities.
UN Special Envoy for Malaria Ray Chambers issued the follwing statement:
"I am absolutely delighted PM Gordon Brown and the UK Government plans to match the over £1.5 million so generously raised for...
Friday 06 March 2009
Ray Chambers blogs for International Women's Day
Ray Chambers, UN Special Envoy for Malaria, has written a blog for International Women’s Day, on the 6th of March.
Monday 09 February 2009
Malaria No More at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos
At Davos, Malaria No More and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced the Malaria Capital Campaign (MCC), an initiative to raise $100 million from the business community, philanthropists and sovereign states to help provide everyone at risk in Africa with anti-malaria tools by the end of 2010—the first critical step to ending the nearly one million annual deaths from this preventable, deadly disease. The Campaign co-chairs are Peter Chernin (President and COO of News Corporation and...
Thursday 25 September 2008
World Leaders Make an Unprecedented Commitment to Fight Malaria
On September 25, 2008 world leaders gathered at the 2008 Millennium Development Goals Malaria Summit in New York City to celebrate a game-changing $3 billion commitment to ending malaria from a collection of organizations and governments.
Read the Summary Report for the summit.
Today's announcement build on the momentum of the international malaria movement which has been growing rapidly since World Malaria Day in April 2008, when UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the world to end deaths from...
Tuesday 08 July 2008
G8 Pledges 100 Million Nets by 2010
The biggest health announcement out of the 2008 G8 Summit began with a simple proposal: Malaria No More Chairman Peter Chernin invited U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown to lead a global push to cover every man, woman and child at risk of malaria in Africa with a mosquito net by 2010. Prime Minister Brown accepted with the caveat that Peter and Malaria No More support his efforts with private sector engagement and grassroots awareness. Deal. Six Steps to 100 million...
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Dates for the diary
January
- 10-31
- Africa Cup of Nations, Angola
- 15
- Celebrity Karting Challenge, Autosports International, NEC
- 27-31
- World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
February
- Botswana bed net distribution begins
April
- 25
- WORLD MALARIA DAY
May
- 25
- Africa Day
June
- 11-11 July
- FIFA World Cup, South Africa
- 7-13
- AEGON Tennis Tournament, Queens Club
- 21-4 July
- Andy Murray at Wimbledon 2010
- 25-27
- 2010 G8 and G20 Summits, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada
August
- 20
- World Mosquito Day
September
- UN Millennium Development Goals summit
November
- G20, South Korea
- Barclays ATP Mens Masters Tennis Tournament at the O2, London
